Trent Park Cafe in Enfield

Bleak - terrible disco funk music, mercilessly loud. Coffee is mostly milk - hopefully early days and some consideration for customers will become more evident with time.

New owners and management have really turned this place around. Friendly staff, good choice of food with large portions. Still very draughty though !

Quick service despite being quite busy, flexible and helpful, lovely iced coffee, plenty of room to sit outside, definitely recommend

I was surprised to read some of the poor reviews. I would rate this highly. Lovely bright, clean cafe, warm, friendly staff. Good menu - good selection of cakes. All in the beautiful setting of Trent Park. We are so lucky to have this facility there.

Looked average and very busy so didn’t hold out great hopes….. but the Italian vegetable focaccia was so delicious; ricotta such a change from bog standard mozzarella ; lashings of pesto which was NOT over salted ; bread nice and crunchy. The ultimate test: I ate slowly to make it last . 10/10

So overpriced for a limited menu of small portions of food - paid £7.00 for a small very basic ham and cheese toastie … very disappointing

Unimpressed. This place did not live up to expectations at all...it is poncy, very expensive and the food item I ordered was just not what I expected and was under-cooked, oddly presented and awkward to eat - I won't go into detail as don't want to sound petty and it detracts from the greater point of this review. The staff were cold and I fully agree with the previous reviewer about the unsatisfactory menu for a community/family orientated park. I don't generally like to leave negative reviews, I usually just don't leave one if a bit disappointed with a place but on this occasion I'm having to speak out. This 'cafe' needs replacing with a decent, affordable, traditional community cafe with nice friendly staff - unhappy/grumpy looking staff tell you a lot about a place. I have to concur with the previous reviewer. Such a shame as this beautiful park needs a decent cafe.

We visited today for lunch, with 3 children under the age of 5..No children’s menu, understandable, not everyone has one.. It is a very large park with numerous play areas for children, so why would you have a children’s menu!!! Never mind, there has to be something suitable to feed these hungry kids. Absolutely nothing, not a thing but fancy sandwiches that most children would turn their noses up at (ok, let’s be fair, there was a cheese & ham toastie for £8). Fancy cakes, fancy pastries. I mean, what family park cafe doesn’t have chips for Gods sake!, or a plain chicken sandwich? Or even scrambled egg on toast? Simple fair for a simple cafe in the park. And £8 for a cheese & ham toastie for a 3 year old that will have only 1-2 bites.. Normally you would see lots of children here. Ours were the only ones. I’m not surprised. Definitely not catering for their customers. In fact I looked around and most people were having drinks only. The glass cabinets inside were very full..Moral of the story? If you have children who eat anything & everything you’ll be ok. If not don’t even waste your time. We had to walk to Cockfosters. We fed all our group fish & chips. Thank goodness for Chippers. It was delicious.😀

Lovely setting but little else apart from the food being of a good standard. This place needs cleaning up. It is very expensive for what you get, central London prices on paper plates! The tables and chairs are filthy and falling to bits. Surely the owners make enough to improve this place. Won't go there again

Went there for coffee and lunch. The staff who served us was rude , bordering on aggressive, telling me the kitchen was closed and then after we ordered drinks we could see that food was being served from the kitchen for quite some time. There is so much potential for this place and they just don't bother, so sad, the coffee was really awful, avoid.

sent food back because of a hair in it.i was told it was a black dog hair so it was nothing to do with them.! and it must have been a pretty large dog to produce that length of hair. none of the serving staff(kitchen or tables) wore any form of head covering.

The single worst coffee I’ve had in recent memory, a sachet of instant would have been better. I didn’t try anything else and would probably not come back based on the awful mixture I was served.

This is a complete rip off with poor hygiene standards. I’d rather go hungry and disappoint my children next time (even suffer the whining and tears). One single scoop ice cream for my youngest child (not even used with a proper scoop but a spoon) was placed in a sprinkle cone. No price advertised. My eldest then asked for a cookie. She selected the white chocolate chip which wasn’t particularly large. When I was told £7.30, I asked for a breakdown and was told that the single scoop alone was £3.50 and the cone was an extra £1. The cookie was £2.80. What’s more is that I noticed they were selling the Costco carrot cake so can only assume cookies had come from Costco and knowing their prices, a very large mark-up would have been placed. This is terrible value for money and wasn’t even served with any kind of smile. I also noticed they were selling mini Twister ice lollies which I believe come in multi packs with a “not to be sold” separately. God knows how much they charge for one of those. Hygiene standards are not great either as I witnessed the staff member offer a child in front of us in the ice cream queue to try the Oreo sprinkles and he was allowed to put his hands in the pot! Wouldn’t go back here again. Stay clear!

Not impressed. I placed an order to be told 30mins wait as kitchen was busy. OK that was fine. 40 mins later I chased the order up twice. Apparently the milk shake had been left on the counter but I wasn't told. The burger arrived under done without chips which apparently they couldn't supply and no apology. They did eventually bring them but were slung on the table. My jacket potato was hot and tasty but the salad was horrible. The staff are always miserable and unhelpful whenever we go. I paid £25.60. Never again which is a shame.

So disappointed.Always used to be so well run now the staff couldn’t care less whether they serve you and the cakes we had were stall.

I would not recommend it based on a few things. The coffee was awful, but the reason I would never return is the lack of cleanliness and the surly staff. Such a shame because it is a great location. The staff are clearly unhappy.

Stopped to buy ice cream for my Grandson. He usually has a cornetto from the display fridge. The display fridge was empty. In its place is various tubs full, full of different flavours of an iced concoction they pass off as ice cream to unsuspecting customers. It was £4.00 for one scoop. My Grandson wanted the fluorescent blue one. I was scared of the look and colourings, and so refused and made him have the safe option of the white one. He had a couple of licks and didn't like it. I tried it was vile. The dog ate it though, and as we left he was sick. The staff were miserable. The cafe inside, at best is unkempt looking. The reason for 1 star is because the outside seating is pretty. My advice would be to avoid this place.

The women who serve in this cafe are so miserable. I reckon that the must be poorly treated by the owners., I cannot believe that they hate their work so much that they are so caustic and unpleasant all the time. They shout and growl at the customers. This is such a shame as the cafe has a captive audience and Trent Park deserves so much more. Food is ok but a bit unnecessarily pricey. Time to rethink catering arrangements in the jewel of a park…..

Everything about this place is disgusting. Filthy dirty, way way overpriced. £10 for a jacket potato!!!!!! RUDE RUDE RUDE!!!!! Why would you give them your hard earned money. The grounds are so uneven it makes it dangerous & unsafe.. Especially for prams, wheelchairs, small children and the elderly. A wheelchair would not be able to use these premises safely.. I would give them zero stars if possible. This place should be shut down. Where are the health inspectors???

Dreadful. Avoid. Go to the animal sanctuary cafe instead. Dirty, rude staff, overpriced and unwelcoming. Someone please help the poor dog chained up at the back.

I never wrote bad reviews but they just didn’t help themselves on this occasion. Rude member of staff uncooked items on sale ( croissant were like dough) had to return twice. They make full breakfast containing egg but refused to make an egg baguette. Awful customer service.

I will never return a delivery driver decided to block the exit instead of use the 100 car plus car park and when I beeped decided to threaten me with keeping me there all day while giving me the middle finger continuously after he had finaly finished his delivery and felt i had waited long enough he noticed i had a scared rescue dog in the car and decided to get as close as possible to my car and beep the truck horn and hold it 3xs to try and scare my dog i will never return and I dont think my dog would be able to either disgusting behaviour NOT DOG FRIENDLY!!!!

Haven’t visited Trent park for many years, had a lovely walk and decided to pop into the cafe for something to eat and drink, ordered two paninis and coffees, panini’s were £8! Wow that’s expensive! cheese wasn’t melted as advertised, the staff seemed ok but caught one picking her nose and wiping it on her coat that put me off my food , we won’t be going back to the cafe but will certainly visit the park

I'm fairly sure that only the scantest regard is being paid here to Covid-19. Business is brisk, the outdoor area is strewn with litter, the food is somewhere on the "edible" to "average" end of the spectrum, whilst still being reassuringly expensive. The customer makes most of the running, the cafe seems short-staffed and inhospitable. I don't for a moment doubt that times are very hard, but on a busy Bank Holiday Monday we left the cafe feeling pretty disturbed. One for the local council, I'd hazard.

Really poor paid £6.50 for omelette and chips ... Will not be going back chips cooked in yesterdays oil plain omelette no flavor and dry and salad not fresh ..to make matters worse went in to complain not even an apology instead very unconcerned ... needless to say will not be going back...

Wide variety of food, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks available. Very popular and usually a queue to be served.

Lovely outside sitting area but unfortunately the cake what l bought there gone to bin it was very dry untasty...Next time l will have just coffee

This cafe is situated on the edge of woods in the lovely Trent Park. That unfortunately is the best that can be said of this dire establishment. The outdoor seating area is just filthy - rubbish bins upended and the area strewn with food waste, polystyrene trays, face masks etc. The main cafe and the outbuildings are very shabby / poorly maintained and the service is absolutely glacial. I waited over half an hour while only 6 people ahead of me were served. During school holidays only 1 person was at the counter while several customers complained about the inordinate delay with their cooked food orders. No cutlery or napkins were evident and my reminding staff politely of this was met with complete indifference / incomprehension. It’s a real mystery why the Trent Country Park authorities allow this cafe with its poor reviews to sully their own reputation. Never again.

I have my best coffee at very nice cafe in trent park cafe is a best morning and nice people!THe breakfast i was amazing to

My 14 year old daughter went in the cafe with my younger daughter so they could choose something to drink while I stayed in the car with baby She is a responsible girl and very mature for her age The lady serving was rude and made my daughter feel really uncomfortable and even rolled her eyes at her and then rolled her eyes at her colleague about my daughter. My daughter sat in the car she hadn’t got herself a drink because of this so called lady and then started crying On the way home I was so angry

The floor and tables outside were littered and dirty. No attempt had been made to keep these clean which is bad in the current circumstances. Paper towel and sanitiser was available in the corner but staff should be regularly disinfecting the tables and chairs and removing old cups and uneaten food. The floor under the covered area had not been cleaned properly for quite a while.

People not social distancing, no track and trace details taken, sugar etc is still on the side for everyone to handle including the wooden spoons....

First up, there are TWO cafés in Trent Park, and TripAdvisor has got the postcode of this one wrong. It says EN4 0PS, but that's the postcode of Trent Park's other, much nicer café at the Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service, plumb in the middle of the park. This café, "Trent Park Café", is at the western side of the park, about 200m from the main entrance on Cockfosters Rd. Its postcode is EN4 0JY. There's something wrong with Trent Park Café; I don't think the staff here are happy, and it shows. No smiling; selective deafness. Once you've waited in a queue that moves forward like a snail on Valium, to finally be greeted with a brusque "Yes?" and a determination not to do anything quickly, you feel that, as a customer, you're the problem. You're not welcome here. If you buy ice cream, you can't pay at the ice cream counter; instead you have to wander across, cornet in hand, and basically push in to the snail queue in order to pay. Given how long they've been waiting, the other customers won't appreciate it. And the staff will do their best to ignore your apologetic appeals. "I'm so sorry, could I just pay for... hello?"Do yourself a favour: leave, and walk to the café at the Wildlife Centre; it's only 10 minutes down the straight drive, but the experience is light years away. Here, they are glad to see you, and smile. If you have four drinks to carry, they offer you a tray. And the profits support sick animals. One more thing: back at the Trent Park Café, they have those yummy little Biscoff biscuits that other cafés put in your saucer for free. Here, each tiny biscuit will cost you 50p. Turn on your heel and let the market do its job: take your custom where it's wanted.

Went for a walk in Trent Park yesterday and made the mistake of using the cafe in the park. Rubbish everywhere, and overall hygiene poor at best, wouldn’t have stayed but the kids wanted ice cream which came at £3.50 per scoop and was full of pieces of ice...

Should be a great option after a long family walk - and I presume that's why it is usually quite busy. However the toasted cheese and onion sandwiches we had were very unappetizing, containing thick slices of cold onion and accompanied by stale crisps. The service is disorganized and there was no evidence of any tables being wiped. I'd advise you to go elsewhere.

We came here on a sunday afternoon after a long walk, and were all gasping for a drink so we decided to come to the cafe for refreshment.The staff were extremely rude and frankly tedious. Also when you sit outside there are so many bugs and wasps trying to get to your food you’d think you were in the middle of the australian outback!! don’t come here, it’s a waste of time, money and space!by toby aged 10

The tables need a good wipe down. The cafe itself is okay, I had tea and a danish ( both good) .The hygiene levels leave a lot to be desired.

There is a stool outside of the cafe selling bbq food. It was so disgusting, the bread was hard and stale, the meat was rare and smelt. Also it was very overpriced £7 each for a burger that was never eaten.

23rd August 2020 10:40 The two women behind the till were extremely rude, after not hearing what they were whispering behind the till they pulled faces, walked away and then continued to throw a crate of drinks at our feet and gave the foulest looks. The food was cold and frankly unpleasant. The food was too expensive for the service to be this bad.

I bought four simple scoop ice creams for the family at a total of £18! Complained to the manager, no sympathy what so ever, I would avoid this place at all costs and have a nice cuppa and slice of cake at the animal shelter in the same grounds instead!

Over priced food and drink, brought a black coffee and 2 cans of fizzy drinks and it cost £8 absolute rip off. Also the staff are rude the women behind the till snatched my money from me and didn’t say anything. So rude I will not be going go back.

This should be a lovely cafe in beautiful surroundings unfortunately it falls short. The seating area, which is outside, is filthy and strewn with rubbish, the cafe wasn’t that busy but no attempt was made to clean tables or sweep anywhere which was of concern in the present pandemic. There were no social distancing reminders in the outside space.The food was tasty and well prepared. The coffee was horrible, tasted like the cheapest beans were used and they had no idea what a flat white should be like.I was very upset at the use of polystyrene boxes to serve food and cups for water, this alone would put me off, there are plenty of sustainable alternatives that could be used.Staff were surly and unhelpful.Ice creams looked lovely very and the only reason I would return would be to sample them.Trent Park management please take note of the failings of the cafe as it lets the park down.

Not much social distancing. People sitting outside on benches. They have had weeks to clean this place. It’s filthy. Outside is disgusting. If they don’t care about the outside what’s it like inside. The prices too - crazy ! Filthy outside. Treating customers with contempt! Disgrace. Where’s the council ? Toilets closed too !

Apparently take away only to this cafe means you are able to sit on the tables outside less than 2m apart and inside when it was busy - I didn't see people sitting inside other did. Greed over common sense. Shame people were selfish enough to use it. Cafe should bve fined.

I have a nice weekend at Trent parck cafe I have the best Coffe and best lunch ever, I’m so happy to go there again .best place to have nice coffee and relax 👍

Went with the family in half term - was really looking forward to it as hadn’t been for a long time. Don’t bother - service was disgusting. Surly young girl behind the counter was rude and abrupt and barely spoke English. Got berated by the “waitress” or whoever she was from the kitchen when asked where our chips were for our burger - got told “you pay for chips, we give you chips, only you pay then you get” - we had and she hadn’t bothered and had to wait another 10mins for them. When the rest of our party arrived and tried to order more food, surly rude till girl was extremely aggressive in trying to tell me that part of the kitchen had shut - which would have been fine if she’d been able to tell me calmly and nicely. Didn’t bother ordering anything and left. Was a horrible experience and one I will not be experiencing again. Go up the road in Cockfosters to any of the many lovely restaurants or cafes with polite and warm staff - you’ll get a much nicer experience than at Trent Park cafe. Shame, it used to be so nice.

We were really looking forward to good food and coffee after a long walk. The coffee tasted weak of poor bean quality. The cakes on display were clearly from cosco but had signs on to say they were from a local bakers.

Overpriced poor quality food. Cold panini. Carrot cake awful and stale pastries. Very disappointing. I would only ever have coffee here in future after a walk. Shame as it could be a lively place to eat but they obviously aren’t bothered with providing decent food.

Cat neglected at the Back of cafe in a makeshift wooden house, needs a home not a wooden cat house it needs to be a loved pet inside curled up by the fireplace on the sofa. I visit it to give her love I gave her a name too. I want to take her but the cafe will not let me, but they clearly don’t love her as I have never even seen anyone spend time with her. #catsneedahome #boycottneglect #fizzyneedsahome shame on the cafe for letting her live outside, it is wrong as she is such a great friendly cat and the man who owns the cafe is rich, but does not take the cat home #shameoncafeowner

All you need whilst out and about Trent Park. You can stroll, walk, exercise, run or cycle around the park...and there is plenty to explore and enjoy! There is open space, woodland/forest to build dens or hide or chase, and there was a park area too. The cafe had cosy indoor seating although space is limited, plus outdoor tables and benches (that seat around 6 perhaps 8). Cookies, cakes, bacon or sausage sandwiches, hot drinks and cold drinks...what more do you need? The loos are near the cafe too.

Headed for Trent Park to walk the dogs and dived in for a coffee and a danish and sat outside. Coffee wasn’t bad but the outside areas, particularly around the back are disgracefully maintained. Tatty, old kitchen panels and junk that has been there for months. This doesn’t look at all good guys. Wet seats, leaves, and sticky surfaces don’t make for a welcoming place to stay.

Get rid of Labour, chopping down protected trees for Go Ape, ruining grounds with raves etc, and a poor cafe, the worst a housing estate destroying more trees, killed this park and area and Labour are going to improve climate change lol bunch of liars run by a Communist.

I wouldn't recommend the main meals, but I have had coffee and a bacon roll here a number of times and it was always good. You are kind of sitting in the car park though.

Visited here today with my 5 and 1 year old. Stood at counter (holding heavy 1 year old) for a few minutes while one staff member washed pots and two others, clearly eating food standing behind counter, ignored me. I felt like I was interrupting when drew their attention to the fact was waiting with a polite ‘excuse me’.

This is one of only 2 cafes in a large country park and is very popular with walkers. There is a large outdoor seating area and a small amount of tables indoors. A nice snack and lunch menu, great coffees, really nice cakes. it is just slow though. you have to queue to order and it feels to take forever, then a wait for hot food. i only wish they had some way of speeding it up, maybe serving some pre pcked sandwiches. the food is nice, piping hot, great chips, large portions. but if several of you order, the meals arrive at different times.

My son wanted to celebrate his 8th birthday in Trent Park with his cousins and have lunch at the cafe. We waited 1 hour for our food order after having been told it would take 20mins, and visited the counter after 30mins and 40mins after the initial order. The chef or staff did not give a reason for the delay or apologise. Everyones food came at different times . One order didnt come at all! Two of the orders were not completed as they realised 40mins after tge ordertgey ran out of burgers! So they offered chicken burgers, we agreed as the children were starving. The food was bad quality - nuggets soggy bad quality, chips not cooked properly at extortianote prices - childrens meal £6.00 each for 5 nuggets, chips, peas and drink. We paid £48 for the childrens meals. £50 for the adults meals - jacket potato £8.50 not baked properly! Soggy burgers, wrong burger brought. Basically we spent over £100 with drinks and left unsatisfied with the food and service.

Came here with my daughter and granchilren spent £24 on a cple a drinks and awfull sandwiches as there was no chef on . Two ham sandwiches came out without ham we took them back and they put ham in ! Completely awfull and so overpriced. The staff are so ignorant and rude I'd advise you take a picnic and sit in a field...

I love this cafe, only recently saw it last week and I have bene going up to visit the cafe everyday after my morning runs. The staff are very friendly and also today I decided to order a breakfast for £9, I'd say it was worth it as the breakfast was well made and service for me was quick and jolly ;D. My favourite part about the cafe is the 'cafe cat' is what i call it, its so cool and I love to spend time with the cat as it has seemed to grow attached to me as every time It sees me it runs up to me. I'd highly recommend visiting this cafe, and the atmosphere is also beautiful too! I always come here every morning now ;D

Had a cup of coffee. A nice place to chill and relax surrounded by trees and a Water fountain. It is cool in the evenings.

I think many people who have left reviews before me have pretty much hit the nail on the head! If you want somewhere that is friendly and warm, then this is definitely not the place for you. Poor service, the staff are rude, they make you feel like a real inconvenience to them. Maybe this is due to lack of experience or not enough training? They also seem to struggle in taking any order that's slightly off script, for instance; asking for a food item to be substituted or removed. They look at you like you've just arrived from space and then after a long consultation with the kitchen, tell you that it's not possible.

Trent park is a beautiful setting but cannot understand how the current cafe is allowed to deliver such poor service. Previous people running (believe they were an Italian family) were good with a friendly customer interface. People now running on't appear to care. Various issues:

In some ways this café can get away with it high prices and limited food quality because of its fantastic location, in one of North London's most beautiful parks. I presume that is why it is often very busy. Contrary to some of the other comments, I have found the staff to be friendly and helpful enough, and the food and coffee tolerable (though it should be noted that I am not very fussy) However, what will prevent me from returning is the use of disposable plastic to supply many of the products; especially cold drinks, and their failure provide sustainable alternatives. Many smaller businesses with much more limited turnovers in profit are now using paper straws and providing all drinks in reusable cups. There is no excuse for a business of this scale not being more environmentally aware.

I took my sister, mum, gran and the dog with me to this cafe. After looking for a no dogs allowed sign and seeing other dogs in there, we sat down inside. Mum went to order and Dane back to our table. Shortly later a waitress came to us with the wrong order. My sister explained you could tell it was the wrong order by the times on the receipts but she didn’t understand and took the receipt off us. Another woman came out and looked at the receipt with mum and didn’t apologise for messing it all up, just argued more then took the food away along with the receipt that mum needed. The same woman then came out again, glared at me and said “no dogs” (at a park cafe?!). There were other dogs in there! So we went outside without the receipt or table number. Mum went back in to get the receipt and they just gave her her money back! Not all of it and just said “well you’ve had drinks haven’t you?” No apology, nothing. I had a little word. Advised them to apologise when they screw up...whoever owns this place...you need to employ better staff who speak English properly and have some kind of customer service- or even just people skills!

Would give 0 stars if I could. Being surrounded by beautiful settings is not enough!

Popped into the cafe after a lovely walk in the park. Prices are premium but the food and the service were definitely not. I wouldn't object to the price but for goodness sake make the food better. I had a filled baguette. The bread was just horrible. Service wasn't much better. Two people serving ignored me whilst talking away to each other. On the plus side I do like the location.

I waited at the counter for several minutes for the waitress to finish her conversation with another waitress before she decided to serve me.

On the positive, is a great location and ( outside ) welcome dogs. However, food was very poor and staff friendly but too busy. Sausages so bad not even my dog wanted them.

They threw the wrong sandwich at me and then when I explained I had ordered a different type then proceeded to have a go at me and explained I had got it wrong.

Good coffee, food unfortunately going down hill bacon sandwich mainly just fat and what was of filling was partly of colour left most of it for £4.20 and this place wants to go up market lol, cakes not fresh either from my experience.

Very badly run, staff not wanting to be there, food really cheap and bad quality. Absolutely waste of money. Lovely location but I rather bring my own lunch and sit on the grass.

We've been coming to this cafe for years but our last visit confirmed our suspicions of a terminal decline. As the only people ordering food we had an unacceptable wait despite being told it was coming twice It eventually turned up after I asked for a refund. The baguette was an uncooked part-bake with no salad. The staff were unconcerned and clearly have no desire to ensure their customers are looked after.

I have been to this cafe twice recently and both times i have been left wanting to not go again. The staff are totally unfriendly and not welcoming. Service is slow and they do not serve hot drinks for children so no babychinos or hot chocolate. You can of course buy and adult size hot chocolate which a child would never finish for the full price. Also if you mention that a smaller size is needed, the staff begin to argue and do not care. Horrendous place!

Have visited here a few times now and each time the service has been very poor. The staff seem to be bothered if you ask them anything and come across as incredibly unhelpful. Have heard others complain their crockery was unclean. If you are expecting service with a smile go elsewhere. It's a shame as the settings are perfect.

Myself and four other tables had to ask for our money back today after waiting way too long for our food. I ordered two toasted sandwiches and after a 45 minute wait outside in the cold, it was time to ask what happened to our order. I was greeted by the most rudest, sour faced members of staff who said “we have a problem in the kitchen and your sandwiches will be another 20-25 minutes”. When I said I couldn’t wait and wanted my money back, she gave me the filthiest look and literally chucked the money at me.

We have been going to Trent Park Cafe for many years and it is a great place to end up after an exhilarating Trent Park walk.

Went here with a friend based on recommendations. Ordered chicken, mozzarella, avocado and pesto paninis. "New" said the menu. Took half an hour to arrive. Were baguettes not paninis. Poor quality catering chicken. No avocado, no pesto. Some kind of tasteless green smear here and there. Questioned waitress, she indignantly told us the avocado and pesto was "a blend". Otherwise a nice, clean venue under the trees. My advice is: stick to a few well made choices please. Or get someone who gives a damn to run the place - recreating a rubbish British eating experience from decades ago is not a sustainable business model.

We visited on a rainy sunday. The cafe wasnt that busy, however the service failed to reflect that. Stoney faced, non receptive people behind the counter. Can we have some milk pls for our americano..........grunt, no eye contact. Awful, go to hockey club nearby, much better welcome. The coffee is ok but with service that, why would u bother. I wont in future. Shame, nice setting awful people and dear!

Great place to either start or finish your walk in this beautiful park. Gets busy, because it's good.

Nice location to have this cafe immersed in-a beautiful park family friendly which also includes a ‘Go Ape’ section. A good menu is offered and there is nice outside seating as well as seating indoors. The staff weren’t particularly friendly however and took a while to serve me. I had a nice baguette but you had a choice of crisps or salad with it and I was confused as to why they couldn’t do both. A popular place with good quality food. Heard their salads are tasty with generous portions also.

New staff needed! Had to leave without breakfast today as they forgot my order, then misunderstood new order twice, by which time we needed to go. Only one member of staff cooking and making coffees, lady didn't appear sure of what to do. No apology forthcoming at all - very disappointing!

I queued up for 5 mins to get told we don't accept cards with no reason of why. The way the female came across was terrible

Whilst waiting for drinks one waitress was constantly fiddling with her hair then preparing drinks. Through the hatch into the kitchen I saw a man do a massive sneeze not covering his face. I hate to think how far and wide those germs went.

As a 'Local Authority Concession' Barnet Council must take some responsibility for this establishment.. This cafe prides itself on providing poor quality expensive food / ice creams whilst making you feel like they are doing you a favour!! Really, Barnet Council have also only awarded them a 2 out of 5 'Scores on the doors'. As a food establishment if you're only hitting 2 then you really dont care... Barnet need to step in and resolve this... Such a shame as Trent Park is gorgeous. However, Barnet Council and the cafe let it down.

Love Trent park there every weekend, last Saturday me and my sister stopped for a drink in the main cafe we stayed round the back where the play ground is as we have 4 dogs........ very poor service! Unfriendly and unhelpful I then found a freezer of some sort with dead cats inside!! Awful will not be paying any money here again

We asked for half a portion of chips for my 4 year old and the waitress said it’s not possible as she couldn’t reach her manager to ask permission. Gave me the impression the management of this place is pretty uptight which may explain why the grumpy staff have been mentioned in this place a few times! I’ve been here a lot and staff always seem unhappy. Now I think I know why...

Have always found the food although plain well cooked and presented by friendly staff in pleasant surroundings always somewhere my dog leads me too after his walks

Crowded and not too clean but pleasant surroundings and average food. Cafe is on the edge of a car park and woods.

Asked a routine question, got a grunt as a response. Felt that I was putting them out by asking for two coffees. A great shame considering it’s a lovely little cafe in a pleasant setting. Just be less miserable, that’s it.

The welcome from the staff was warm and welcoming. The coffee and hot chocolate reasonably priced. Both were served in good time, were hot and tasted good. Sitting outside in the warm sunshine on comfortable chairs was just great. Must do it again, soon.

We are there often especially on a weekend weather permissive. Nice coffee and great cakes. Relaxed atmosphere.Great place to unwind.Wish was open slightly later so we could make it during the week too.

We regularly have coffee and snacks here and it is always good, great coffee and always clean outside with plenty of seating.

The service is a bit slow probably because of the volume of customers. The food was hot and tasty if only a little overpriced, £3.90 for a slice of cake. We were quoted a 1 hour delay on food but only waited 20 mins. Probably...

Grill wasn't working so they couldn't serve food! Staff were impolite and seemed like they didn't even care. A severe disappointment.

I will start my review by saying Trent Park is a magical place I have been visiting for 47 years and will never stop. Not a busy day today, I arrive at the till to be served by someone who won't look me in the...

Just visited the cafe I think it would be a good idea to educate your young staff in manners and to concentrate when taking orders.. The young guy got the order wrong as he was looking at the television really did not show any interest...

My main objection is the absurd no dog policy, which is a zero star issue for me. This in Trent Country park where around half the people are there to walk dogs. They make you sit outside and don't offer waiter service so you cannot...

A good stop off place after a long walk. Good menu with good service and sizeable portions. Would recommend.

had fab dog walk this morning and decided to stop for a spot of breakfast, has this cafe changed hands?...

I was out today with my two sons for a nice enjoyable lunch, however, sadly this was not the case....

Expensive, overpriced food. Rude staff. No flexibility, if it’s not exactly as on the menu, you can’t have it! Freezing...